The evidence that Mrs. Wright is responsible for her husband's death is closely related to Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters' dialogue about Mrs. Wright's pet bird. Wright and sewing. The knots in Mrs. Wright's quilt match those on the rope Mr. Wright used. The bird, a symbol of Mrs. Wright's vitality, is the last thing her husband takes from her. Her husband's murder of her pet bird breaks the final straw of Mrs. Wright's enslavement. This makes her a stranger to herself because she is living a lie, as Mrs. Hale says, "Well, it looks like she didn't know what she was talking about!" (Glaspell 950). Ms. Hale understands the despair, pain and loneliness that Ms. Wright endured. She intuitively realizes that whatever roles Mrs. Wright played, even that of a murderer, they were shaped by male-dominated circumstances.